Dallas Digest, 10-30-19

10/29/19
  • Two Chartwells food trucks will be on campus 12-2 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 30. Come to the Circle to get your grub!
  • The Dallas Staff Council recently hosted its fall event, Aqua Frescas & Fruit, alongside the second annual Staff Pumpkin Contest. All staff members enjoyed a healthy fruit mix with flavored waters, then voted for their favorite creative pumpkin. Winners were John Humphrey (library), first place, with his Jack Skellington Pumpkin; Kimberly Richardson (library), second, with her Homecoming Pumpkin; and Cynthia Alexander (occupational therapy), third, with her Venus Flytrap Little Shop of Horrors Pumpkin. All pumpkins entered in the contest are on display in the sixth-floor computer lab until Halloween.
  • Faculty Ombudsperson Linda Rubin will visit the Dallas campus Monday, Nov. 4. The provost’s office on the second floor will serve as her office. Drop by or contact her for an appointment at lrubin@twu.edu or 81-2605.
  • Congratulations to Mari Tietze (nursing) for being inducted as a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing at the Transforming Health, Driving Policy Conference held Oct. 24-26 in Washington, D.C. Polly Bednash, a 1960 nursing graduate, was recognized as a Living Legend at the event.
  • Tina Fletcher (occupational therapy) was the keynote speaker at the 2019 Taiwan International Forum on Children and Museums Oct. 25-26. In her presentation, “The Museum Experience for children with Autism,” Fletcher spoke about promoting museum engagement and participation in children with autism using sensory strategies, environmental supports and curriculum development.